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William Wright, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1853
Date of death: 31 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Effusion on brain. Purulent effusion in pleura & peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Effusion (Brain); Effusion (Pleura); Effusion (Abdomen)
Admitting doctor: Wilson, James Arthur
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: 'Admitted on the evening of the 30th with much cough, laboured breathing, flushed face, & quick pulse, but not much pain in the chest’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

William Wood, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1854
Date of death: 26 Apr 1854
Disease (transcribed): Dysentery. Extensive ulceration of the cacum, colon and rectum (large intestine)
Disease (standardised): Dysentery (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient had been suffering from looseness of the bowels for 3 weeks before admission, and during that time he had passed much blood by stool’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

William Quinton, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Date of admission: 17 Oct 1854
Date of death: 18 Oct 1854
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Effusion on the brain. Diseased liver
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Disease (Liver)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This man was brought into the hospital in a completely delirious state, with jaundiced eyes, [?] tongue, moist skin, tremulous movements, and unable to give any account of himself. It was stated that he had formerly been in a warm climate and that he had acquired very dissipated habits, latterly drinking as much as 3 bottles of gin daily. He was ordered to have some bottled stout’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

William Farrer, 46, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1849
Date of death: 7 Jan 1849
Disease (transcribed): Diseased liver. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Ascites (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient presented on admission the appearance of jaundice, aggravated by a considerable amount of delirium. He was reported by his friend to have been during 30 years a man of most dissipated habits, drinking regularly for some time past 3 bottles of gin daily and occasionally reaching 5. He had however not suffered under any severe illness, with the exception of having had one or two attacks of delirium tremens’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Crow, 40, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1849
Date of death: 24 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles & vomicae in the right lung. Old pericardial, pleuritic & peritoneal adhesions. Fistula in ano
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Fistula (Rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was transferred 3 or 4 days after his admission for fistula in ano, presenting all the symptoms of tubercular consumption. He stated that he had enjoyed good health up to the beginning of April, previous to which he had suffered from no chest symptoms at all, since then he had had cough & spitting, with night sweats, and was much emaciated’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Bell, 40, Stableman

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1849
Date of death: 15 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Haemorrhoids, sloughing of the mucous membrane of the rectum. Liver large. Tubercles & vomicae in the lungs
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhoids (Rectum, anus); Sloughing (Rectum); Disease (Liver); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with three large inflamed & strangulated piles, each of them rather bigger than a large nut, & formed by dilated haemorrhoidal veins with very little mucous membrane covering them. They had come down on the preceding day, accompanied by considerable haemorrhage from the bowel, and the spincter having closed around them he was prevented from getting them back. He was a stableman, debilitated & out of health & had suffered for two years from cough & many of the symptoms of advanced phthisis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Allen, 30, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1848
Date of death: 21 Jan 1849
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Diseased liver. General anasarca
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Liver); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was originally admitted under Dr Nairne’s [Robert Nairne] care on the 28th June 1848, continuing in the hospital till the 11th December when he was made OP [out-patient]. When he first presented himself for admission he stated that the dropsy had commenced in his ankles a fortnight previously, that his abdomen had been swelled for a longer period but he could not state exactly how long’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Price, 30, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1848
Date of death: 13 Jan 1849
Disease (transcribed): Cachexia, miliary tubercles & vomicae in the lungs. Diseased liver
Disease (standardised): Cellulitis (Skin); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'He presented on admission a state of extreme cachexia. His countenance was pallid & blotched, his muscular system lax & flabby, his pulse frequent and very feeble. On his forehead, about the centre of the os frontis, was a large phagedaenic ulcer two or three inches in diameter, which had all the appearance of being of a syphalitic character. The surface was foul & secreting a copious & very offensive discharge. He stated that it had commenced four or five months back as a small pimple which he repeatedly picked until it at length became an ulcer. His habits had been drunken & dissipated, and he acknowledged having had a primary syphalitic sore about the middle of November last, which healed without the employment of mercury’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Susanna Trianer, 59, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1857
Date of death: 28 Mar 1857
Disease (transcribed): Gall stones. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Gall stones (Gall bladder); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: A month ago she received a sudden fright which was followed by rigors and excessive heat of skin, accompanied by perspiration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Robert Cole, 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 May 1855
Date of death: 1 Jun 1855
Disease (transcribed): Dysentery
Disease (standardised): Dysentery (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: Very little could be made out of this man's case. He was admitted by the Apothecary for a supposed recto-vesical fistula but nothing of this kind was found.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Robert Birch, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 47
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1854
Date of death: 17 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Operation. Intestines & omentum in sac
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh)
Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward and Pollock, George
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man had had a serotal hernia on the right side for some years, which had been always easily reducible. He had also had a swelling in the right groin for the last 3 years’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of injury: n/a

Robert Arber, 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1853
Date of death: 25 Nov 1853
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the liver, spleen and kidneys. Anasarca. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Disease (Spleen); Disease (Kidney); Oedema (Leg); Oedema (Scrotum); Oedema (Penis);Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with dropsy of the lower extremities.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Green, 58, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Aug 1853
Date of death: 1 Oct 1853
Disease (transcribed): Chronic peritonitis. Deposit of a new organised structure on the peritoneal surface. Ovarian disease
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Deposits (Abdomen); Disease (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman was admitted with the report that having been seen in the earlier part of her illness by a physician he had been led to believe that she was labouring under ovarian dropsy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Mary David, 47, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1854
Date of death: 11 Jan 1855
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the uterus. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Malignancy (Uterus); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: The patient was deaf so it was impossible to get a rational account of her illness. It appeared that she was a widow, and had had four children. She complained of pains across the belly, which was continual and of a burning character.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Ann Holden, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 14
Date of admission: 16 Feb 1854
Date of death: 27 Feb 1854
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposit beneath pericranium & skull. Disease of the liver, spleen and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Skull); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Spleen)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This child, when admitted, was in a state of extreme scrofulous cachexia, with a large sloughy sore over the forehead exposing the bone of the cranium’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Mary Moriarty, 48, Laundress

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1855
Date of death: 11 Aug 1855
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Chronic Peritonitis. Cirrhosis of Liver
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman had enjoyed good health until twelve months ago when she became troubled with an oedematous swelling of the right leg and arm.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Byrne, 30, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1855
Date of death: 12 Aug 1855
Disease (transcribed): Dysentery
Disease (standardised): Dysentery (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman had lived a good deal in the East Indies and had suffered more than once from dysentery previously. This last illness commenced three months ago on board ship.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Brewer, 36, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1853
Date of death: 2 Feb 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Ulceration of the epiglottis. Fatty liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Epiglottis); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man applied for relief in consequence of difficulty of swallowing, pain in the throat and brining up of frothy fluid, as he said from his stomach.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Newman, 47, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1849
Date of death: 29 Nov 1849
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Disease of the stomach. Calcareous matter in mesenteric glands. Cirrhosis of the liver
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Stomach); Calcareous (Mesenteric glands); Liver cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted under the care of the surgeon with ulcerated & inflamed leg, but next day transferred to the physician. He then stated that he had had a ‘bad leg’ for 3 months, but that his legs and abdomen had only been swelled about 6 or 7 weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John McKew, 35, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 May 1853
Date of death: 4 May 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Chronic inflammation of the caecum and ascending colon with ulceration. Peritonitis

Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Inflammation (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had been in a state of great destitution and for many night had not had a bed to sleep on before his admission into the hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Leighton, 23, Porter

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Feb 1856
Date of death: 7 Mar 1856
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of Liver. Enlarged Spleen
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Enlarged (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: Three years ago this man had inflammation and abscess in his left side from which he recovered, but never thoroughly regained his health. He had suffered from erysipelas of the face for a week and he spat blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Doddrell, 45, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1856
Date of death: 6 Aug 1856
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the Liver. Jaundice.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Jaundice (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: Early in May this man was a patient in the Hospital for what appeared to be congestion of the Liver. He returned with dropsy which was presumed to depend on his liver.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Dehin, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 53
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1854
Date of death: 27 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Haematemesis. Disease of the liver and enlarged spleen
Disease (standardised): Haematemesis (Gastrointestinal tract); Disease (Liver); Disease (Spleen)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient had been admitted on the 26 July suffering from pain about the epigastrium, and swelling of the abdomen. He said that he had two or three serious illnesses, one of which was believed to be inflammation of the abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

John Brown, 38, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jul 1856
Date of death: 28 Jul 1856
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the femur, extending into the knee joint. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted in consequence of an accident in which he had fractured his left thigh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left inferior extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Jane Gwilt, 61, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1853
Date of death: 23 Dec 1853
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman was admitted on account of a strangulated femoral hernia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: General appearances
Type of incident: n/a

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